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Aetna looks to emerging markets

Giant US healthcare insurer Aetna looks set to put its foot on the accelerator pedal in emerging markets. Dr Sneh Khemka, Senior Vice President of International Population Health Solutions at Aetna International, says Aetna has plans to rollout telehealth services in the coming year – and it seems that it has some large markets in its sights. Dr Sneh Khemka, Senior Vice President of International Population Health Solutions at Aetna International, would neither confirm nor deny that to be the case, but he was happy to talk about Aetna’s plans to rollout telehealth services in the coming year – and it seems that Aetna has some large markets in its sights.
January 25, 2017

Cerba to sell for just over €1.8bn to Partners Group and PSP Investments

PAI Partners has sold French medical laboratory services operator Cerba HealthCare to Swiss private equity house Partners Group and Canadian pension fund PSP Investments for €1.8bn –before second round bids started in February. Healthcare Europa understands Partners Group acquired a majority stake and PSP Investments a significant minority stake in the group.
January 25, 2017

Interview: Dr Susann Roth, Senior Social Development Specialist, Asian Development Bank

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) lends more than US$16bn to projects across the continent each year, primarily in the infrastructure field. Last year, just US$0.34bn of that lending went to health - but that is set to change as the bank's interest in social sectors is growing. So what role does the bank believe the private sector should play in the region's health systems? How will they achieve universal health coverage (UHC)? And how good is existing regulation? These are the questions we put to Susann Roth, a German doctor and public health specialist who has been with the bank for more than seven years.
January 24, 2017

Vithas finally to buy Nisa – but at a high price

Spanish hospital operator Vithas has finally reached an agreement with Accionistas X Nisa, the platform regrouping hospital chain Nisa’s minority shareholders. Vithas, which already owns a 47% controlling stake in Nisa will be able to buy the rest of the group at a whooping €24.5 per share.
January 24, 2017

FREE BLOG The rise and rise of subscription health care

Subscription health care, where individuals or companies pay for access to a set of healthcare services, is set to explode. And it works both in Europe and Emerging Markets. Falck has over 1m subscribers to its family subscription service in Latin America with subscribers paying to get access to primary care and other services as […]
January 24, 2017
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